“I have a pretty good relationship with weed,” says Matt Pike. “I’m just glad now that where I live, it’s legal and easy to obtain.” Matt has ushered in this year’s 4/20 with perhaps the understatement of the century. As the guitarist of stoner doom legends Sleep, Matt has helped metal find its way back to Black Sabbath’s irony-less love of the electric lettuce, penning epic tracks about marijuanauts hitting cosmic bongs across the ether. And fronting his own Grammy-winning band High On Fire, Matt has helped millions of potheads realize how much they love big, aggressive metal riffs, while reminding heshers that a bong hit and a Frank Frazetta print could be as hardcore as any grim extreme metal act. Since today is 4/20, the world’s yearly celebration of all things red-eyed and ...
